Postmen shorthand

To Edinburgh's Kings Theatre for the Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot), a play about the Ashington Group of miners who began making art after attending a WEA night class.

It's touching, funny, beautifully staged and acted and I cannot recommend it enough.

It even had proper accents, why aye ye bugger!

It's on until Saturday, if you can make it, go